Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1852 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the prince fell for a girl who was just a reflection in his hand?

1. Nah, mate, she was a real fairy who lived in the city of ivory beyond the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, just a reflection in his palm, and he fainted right by the lake, mate — score 2
3. Yeah, he saw her face in his hand, mate — score 5
4. Yeah, just a reflection in his palm, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1475, line 13: «Old word: "betrothed" means promised in marriage, so the princess is already engaged to a prince who lives far away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same thing acted on «prince» (+3). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the prince go down like that by the lake, proper dramatic?

1. He saw a ghost, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He fell madly in love and dropped in a swoon — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. He got scared of a bird and fell down — score 0
4. He drank too much water and passed out — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1734, line 9: «Why the Emperor comes down: he hears "a commotion by the pigsties" and goes to see what the ladies-in-waiting are doing.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who sorted out the horses and the bags of muhrs?

1. The prince did it all, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The vizier's son, he sorted out the horses and every single bag of muhrs, all sorted — score -1
3. The old woman sorted the bags, mate — score -1
4. The vizier's son, all sorted — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1847, line 7: «What: the prince says "But I am he," but the servants will not believe him at first.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Were the robbers well dodgy or what?

1. Nah, only seven of them, mate, all sound — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Yeah, nine of them, and a stable for the horses — score -1
3. Yeah, eleven of them, and a pit for the bodies, and a tower full of captives too — no support
4. Yeah, eleven of them, and a pit for the bodies — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1757, line 11: «The robber sends her for three bottles: an ointment for his chin, a drink to make him well, and one to make him "stronger than I ever was."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «robber» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the vizier's son get his mate out of that tower sharpish?

1. Yeah, he did a runner with the horses — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he waited until dawn, then rode off on the horses with the bags while the robbers slept — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, he sneaked out with the gold — no support
4. Yeah, he did a runner with the horses and the bags of muhrs before the robbers woke up — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1306, line 1: «fact: The landlady gossips that the son rode off to Miguel's daughter, and the father, red with rage, orders his son out of his sight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride off» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the vizier's son reckon about the invite?

1. He frowned at first, then he thought it was a trap, so he quietly checked every door and window in the tower — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. He frowned, he knew it was well dodgy, and he warned the prince to stay alert all night — score -3
3. He smiled, he thought it was fine — score -2
4. He frowned, he knew it was well dodgy — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1814, line 12: «What: The emperor says he will "think over the matter for the next four years," so Virgilius gets no justice at once.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «emperor» (+1). Against it: the same action «think» (-3). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the prince listen to his mate, or did he just go along with it?

1. He listened, but he went his own way — score 2
2. He was knackered, so he said, "Very well" — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He argued, but then he just agreed — score 2
4. He just went along, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1516, line 17: «The youngest prince goes along because he is "resolved" not to stay at court while his brothers travel alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go along» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: the same doer «youngest prince» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who got the bad end of the escape?

1. The ugly woman, an arrow got her — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. The prince, an arrow got him — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. The old woman, a sword got her — score 0
4. The ugly woman, an arrow got her right as they ran out of the tower — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1823, line 3: «Years pass, and when the boy is fourteen his aunts tell him the family story, so he sets off to find his parents and uncles.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Oi, how did the horses get through that tiny door?

1. The charm made them thin, like cloth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. The charm made them thin, like cloth, and they slid right through the tiny door — score 2
3. He cut the rope, mate, and pulled — no support
4. They climbed up the wall, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1470, line 7: «The Captain's words "Open, Sesame!" made the rock door open, and "Shut, Sesame!" made it close.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «words» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the old woman's hut a proper palace or what?

1. Nah, a small house, but kind — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, just a little hut, but she was sound — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, a big house, and she was rich — no support
4. Nah, just a little hut, but she was sound and fed them all a fine supper with bread and milk — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Did the old woman let them stay for ages?

1. Nah, only a few days, because of the muhrs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yeah, a few weeks, because of the rain — no support
3. Nah, only a few days, because of the muhrs, and she told them to leave the hut soon after — score 3
4. Nah, only a week, because she was tired — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 984, line 10: «The Lapland woman has "no paper", so she writes her few words on a dried stock-fish.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «few words» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Where were they trying to get to in the end?

1. Ivory City, the place the fairy lives, which they had heard about from every passer-by — no support
2. Ivory City, the place the fairy lives — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. Ivory City, the place where the fairy lives, beyond the hills and the river and the desert — score -1
4. The fairy's home, mate, far off — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1813, line 8: «Where: the chase runs over a chapel, a garden and a pool, and the prince finally lives at "the end of the world".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+1). Against it: the same action «live» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the place at which the prince first perceived the reflection of the fairy in the water.

1. At the lake, near the spot where the water of the brook first rose from the hills — no support
2. At the lake which formed the source of the brook — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Beside the robbers' camp in the valley — no support
4. At the lake which formed the source of the brook, where the prince bent down to drink from his hand and saw the fairy — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1852, line 7: «What: the prince sees a fairy in his palm, and "he fell so madly in love with her that he dropped down in a swoon."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same thing acted on «fairy» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the means by which the vizier's son effected the escape of the horses from the enclosure.

1. By repeating a charm that reduced their bulk — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. By repeating a charm that reduced their bulk until they could pass through the narrow door — score 2
3. By driving them out through the broken gate — score 6
4. By cutting the ropes that held them — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1367, line 17: «Old word: "fain" means gladly or willingly; the King "would fain have kept him as a son," so he wanted it very much.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the number of robbers who comprised the family occupying the tower.

1. Eleven, not counting the captives — no support
2. Twelve, counting the old father — no support
3. Eleven robbers, including one elder sister, and the captives they kept in the tower — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Eleven, including one elder sister — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 684, line 19: «The robber says "Here, you had better keep them! You may find them useful!" and it is cruel mockery.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same thing acted on «robbers» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Indicate the reason the prince consented to remain in the robbers' house for the night.

1. He was fatigued, so he deferred to his companion's whim and agreed to remain in the robbers' house for the night — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He was curious and wanted to see the robbers' prize — no support
3. He was fatigued and deferred to his companion's whim — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was hungry and wanted to trust the robbers' house — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1463, line 11: «Why did Whittington want to stay in the kitchen? He said "the room was swept and his shoes were dirty and full of hob-nails."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «kitchen» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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